CONPRO 2007

The Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (Nagpur centre) and Indian Concrete Institute (Nagpur centre) are organising a national workshop on 'Concrete material proportioning' from February 17-18, 2007 at Nagpur.

The themes of the technical lectures are coarse and fine aggregates, binders, admixtures, proportioning methods, strength estimation based on various parameters, physical properties of concrete controlled by design mix, mixing, transportation, hoisting and placement of concrete.

For more details, please contact:
Er. Sandeep Shrikhedkar
Organising Secretary
ACCE - Nagpur Centre,
Tel: 0712-2222137
Fax: 0712-2246348
Mobile: 9422145826
E-mail: imagis@rediffmail.com

Modern trends in structural design and construction practices

The structural engineering division of the Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai is organising a national seminar on, 'Modern trends in structural design and construction practices' from March 23-24, 2007 at Chennai.

The themes of the event are finite element modelling, earthquake resistant structures, intelligent structures, construction techniques, new materials, construction management, modern construction practices.

For more details, please contact:
Prof. M. Sekar
Convener
Professor and Head,
Structural Engineering Division,
Anna University,
Chennai 600 025,
Tel: 2220 3315, 2230 0934
E-mail: munusekar@annauniv.edu

FAUACE 2007

The K.L.E. Society's College of Engineering & Technology (Department of Civil Engineering) is organising a national seminar on 'Fly ash utilisation avenues in civil engineering' from March 9-10, 2007 at Belgaum.

The themes of the seminar are utilisation of fly ash in cement, mortar and concrete, utilisation of fly ash in building components, utilisation of fly ash in roads and pavements, bulk utilisation of fly ash in concrete (High volume fly ash concrete), utilisation of fly ash in geotechnical applications, utilisation of fly ash in water retaining structures, new areas of fly ash utilisation, fly ash and environment, etc.

For more details, please contact:
Dr. K.B. Prakash
Convenor, FAUACE - 2007
Professor of Civil Engineering,
K.L.E. Society's College of Engineering & Technology,
Udyambag, Belgaum 590 008,
Tel: 0831-2440322, 6517199,
Fax: 0831-2441644
E-mail: fauace2007@yahoo.co.in

Indian Buildings Congress

The Indian Buildings Congress is organising a national seminar on 'Integrated development of towns as new growth centres' from May 24-26, 2007 at New Delhi.

The themes of the event are urban planning, water supply, sewerage, drainage, solid waste, roads and transportation, power and telecommunication, etc.

For more details, please contact:
Mr. P.S. Chadha
Consultant
Indian Buildings Congress,
Sector-VI, R.K. Puram,
New Delhi 110 022
Tel: (011) 26169531, 26170197,
Fax: (011) 26196391
E-mail: info@indianbuildingscongress.com

Ninth CANMET/ACI International Conference on Recent Advances in Concrete Technology

The Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET) and American Concrete Institute (ACI) are organising their ninth international conference on 'Fly ash, silica fume, slag and natural pozzolans in concrete' from May 20-25, 2007 at Warsaw, Poland.

The topics covered would be fly ash, silica fume, slag roller compacted concrete, synthetic gehlenite glasses, concrete structural elements, industrial by-products, OPC mortars, ternary mixtures, portland clinker, etc to name a few.

For more details, please contact:
Secretary-Treasurer
Pierrette Veillette,
C/o-Handy Chemicals Limited,
120, boul. de l'Industrie,
Candiac, QC,
Canada J5R 1J2
Tel: (450) 6599693
Fax: (450) 6593133
E-mail:
pierrette.veillette@handy-chemicals.com

fib Symposium Dubrovnik 2007

fib Symposium Dubrovnik 2007 will be held from May 20-23, 2007 at Croatia. The theme is 'Concrete structures - Stimulators of development'.

The topics of the symposium include concrete structures connecting mainland and islands, concrete structures in energy production, new materials, analysis, durability, inspection and maintenance.

For more details, please contact:
Mr. SC. Darija Živni
Berislavi?eva 6,
10000 Zagreb,
Croatia
Tel: +385 1 6125 410
Fax: +385 1 6125 415
E-mail: secon@grad.hr
Web: www.secon.hr
www.igh.hr/fib-dubrovnik-2007

Structural Awards 2007

The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), the world's leading professional body for structural engineering is inviting submission of projects for the 'Structural Awards 2007'.

The categories for the awards include buildings, infrastructure, pedestrian bridges, transportation structures, education or healthcare structures, community or residential structures, arts, leisure or entertainment structures, sports structures, commercial or retail structures, industrial or process structures, etc.

For more details, please contact:
Hannah Seton
C/o - Structural Awards 2006
The Institution of Structural Engineers
11 Upper Belgrave Street,
London SW1X 8BH, UK.
E-mail: hannah.seton@istructe.org

Advanced NDT technologies for concrete structures

A seminar on 'Advanced NDT technologies for concrete structures' will be held on May 20, 2007 at, Warsaw, Poland.

The topics of the seminar are evaluation of reinforcement corrosion, air-void analysis, maturity and pull-out testing, comparative study of in-place strength methods, impact-echo method and impulse response method.

For more details, please contact:
Mr. Claus G. Petersen
German Instruments A/S, Denmark
E-mail: germann@post6.tele.dk